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Wednesday, March 15, 1916.
BUTI.Ell HISTORY.
We print today an editorial which
recently appeared in The
for shooting purposes and it has not
fjlfilled its mission until it hns demon
strated its purpose.
Charlotte j nave always contended, and wo
see no reason vet to rhnnn nnr viow.
Observer, (riving tho political record j that the State should not permit the
of Ex-Senator Marion. Butler. It vlll wa, P'ftois. We'soe no reason why
freshen the recollection of our rc:v'
era as to many of tho i'iiy (leeiW ( t'
the new, leader of .'-.toe"-' Ttepufoiicari
party. '
It forcibly: calls to inind. the me
morable fi;;ht between Butler, and our
fellow townsman, Judi;e. J. C.' Pritch
ard, before the legislature of 1S97,
when Judge Pritchard was a candi
date for re-election as Vnited States
Senator,
In 1S!14, the Populists, under But-1
b'r's leadership, and the ijopubllcans,.
under JuiUte Pritehard's leadership,
eilected a fusion, by the terms of
which both were to be elected to the
United States senate by the legisla
ture of 1S95.- llutler was elected for
the lonar term of six years, while
JutK-o I'l'itchard was elected for the
short term of two years. Under the
agreement, Judge Pritchard was to
be re-elected by the legislature cf
1H97 for a full six year term,
But the foxy Butler broke the
solemn agreement made with Judjc
Pritchard and tried to defeat the
ju3i?e. Butler personally took charge
of the (iaht. before the . legislature,
and controlled a large majority of
the Populist members against the
judge. A suflieient number of Popu
lists, however, remembered their ob
ligation and voted with the Republi
cans, which Insured his re-election.
Butler was . denounced by Judge
Pritchard and Iiis friends as a traitor
and a scoundrel, and it is only nat
ural that the judge's friends are not
now
of Butler.
the State should sell a man a pistol
and then electrocute him lor using it.
''We hope, some day, to see North
Carolina so civilized that it -will drivo
the pistol from Its borders. If we
did not have them we certainly would
not need them.
There is good sense, and also wise
precaution in these sentiments, but
The Times believes: the deprecated
practice, is rapidly decreasing. There
is an old Asheville story that years
at?o, O, ever so many years ago
a-retiring police justice was Instruct
ing his inexperienced successor. The
newly elected noticed . an amazing
number of lines, headed "O. C. W."
"What does 'C. C. VV stand for.
Judge?" he queried. "O, totin' of a
pistol, totin' of a pistol, that's what it
stands for." Spelling has improved
and lawlessness decreased sinco those
good old davs.
Xiilitititit:t;stsi t; t t s n r. r. k
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PRESS COMMEXT K
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3Iarion Butler.
The republican cainpalng in North
Carolina will be conducted this year
unuer tne direction of llr. Marlon las
butler. The campaigners will be
supplied with plans by Mr. Butler.
They will receive instructions from
him and these instructions will be
obeyed. Marion Butter will be the in
spiration of the republican campaign.
It will be an artful campaign and
the main endeavor will be to create
and foster discontent on part of the
people of the state and dissension
even at this late day, very fondamonB the democrats to as great an
eAieuv as possiuie. -ine main enort
FFFIC1EXT STREET CAR MEX.
"We have In the conductors and
motormen of the Asheville street
railway a body of men of most com
mendable efficiency. Our cars are o
well run that we, perhaps, take the
general smoothness of the system too
much as a matter of course. But '3
away from home, be hustled off the
car, allowed to climb on, unassisted,
even If old and burdened with pack
ages, have reasonable questions Ig
nored or answered with surliness
and then come back to Asheville and
rejoice that this is your home town.
The courtesy of our conductors Is
proverbial; the care with which they
help women and children, the inter
est they show in replying to the
MUericis of the tourists, all these good
things reach their climax in the
pleasant smile nnd good natured
as
will be to arouse prejudices and in
view of these facts it will be well to
revive the memory of the people of
North Carolina in the matter of Mr.
Butler's political record. This record
is an indictment which should be
made known to the younger element
of the state to the voters who nre
but recently exercising tho franchise.'
The older people know they need
only to be reminded. It may not now
be time to spread the full details of
the indictment. It is many months
before the people will pass final Judg
ment on the issues of the approach
ing campaign. But the circumstance
of the return of Marion Butler to a
dominating position in the control of
the republican party in this state
should not be permitted to pass even
temporarily without proper challenge
of the reflection which his leadership
of that party Imposes on the charac
ter of the state.
lie began public life In North Caro
lina by the publication of a paper to
which he gave the name Caucasian
and which in turn became the chief
spokesman for the regime of negro
domination in the state.
One of his early entries Into pollt!
word that they have always with
them. Whllo they are a fine body rf fal conventions was into the demo
men, we must remember, also, thit
a representative of North Carolina,
he concocted the fraudulent scheme
by which the holders of one set of
these bonds could get Jurisdiction in
the courts to enforce against the
state the payment of these bonds.
While yet a member of the United
states senate, and drawing pay as a
representative of North Carolina, lie
accepted employment to represent
the holders of these bond9 to en
force their : collection from North
Carolina, as shown by quotations
from official record of his testimony
In the suit to enforce their payment,
as follows:
Q. Please state who the client Is
that you speak of?
A. The client was Schafter Bros.
Q. Did you appear of record in the
case ?
A. I did not. '"
Q. When were you employed by
S.haffer Bros.? fc.
A. In January, 1901.
(He represented North Carolina In
the senate until March, 1901).
While yet a member of the United
States senate, and drawing his pay as
a representatiive of North Carolina,
he procured the enactment of a
statute by the state of South Dakota,
authorizing that state to accept do
nations of these bonds, as shown by
the official record of his testimony
in that suit, es follows:
Q. State what conversatloln you
had with Senator Pettigrew in refer
ence to North Carolina bonds, which
is the subject of this suit?
A. Some time In January or Feb
ruary, 1901, I had a conversation
with him which probably led up to
the passage of the act of the legisla
ture in South Dakota, authorizing
that state to accept donations.
As a result of the enactment of
that statute the interests represented
by Mr. Butler made a contribution
of bonds to South Dakota, and in the
name of that state sued the state of
North Carolina and obtained Judg
ment in the Supreme court ' of the
United States, which forced the state
to pay in full with interest the bonds
donated to South Dakota and to com
promise the whole issue, the settle
ment for which amounted to about
a quarter of a million dollars.
Mr. Butler and his associates then
advertised in the New York press
that they had found a way by which
'.hoy could force payment of all ve
pudiaited slate bonds, but have since
not been able to get any state to ac
cept any of them as a gift, after be
ing advised of their fraudulent char
acter. Thej-e are about seventeen
million dollars' worth of these stil!
outstanding, issued by carpet bag.
gers, for which the state never re
ceived a particle of benefit. They
were issued ostensibly to build rail
roads in the state, but not a mile of
road was ever built with the pro
ceeds of these seventeen million dol
lar of bonds. .
These are, in bare outline, some of
the bertayals which the republican
party by permitting the return of
Mr. Butler to a position of leader
ship in that party, have submitted
a challenge to the character of
the state. We have set them down
here, not because this is the proper
time to give them adequate consider
ation, but to put them, as well as the
people of the state, on ample notice
of the significance that attaches to
the Butler domination of their party
untier its new organization.
Having defeated the clement in the
republican party that has stood out
against his return to leadership in
that party; having placed himself on
the platform committee that shaped
its declaration or principles; having
dominated the action of the conven
tion at every contested stage In lis
stormy proceedings, he now shrewdly
proclaims that his duty will be to
carry a musket in its ranks, but ev
ery observing man in North Carolina
knows that an increased republican
vote In the state would be universal
ly accepted ns a Butler victory, and
that republican success would be But
ler success. Charlotte Observer.
Sport
a5T t j Oxfords
'"v.-.,.- , : '
Never have we displayed: such clever effects in wo
men's "Sport Oxfords'.' as this Spring. The shoe illus
trated can be had in AVhite Buck, White Ivory Sole and
Spring Heel. Price $4.00. - Same style in White Canvas
at $3.50. They look good and are every bit as good as
they look. ; y'
C. W. BROWN SHOE CO.
this extraordinary efficiency ann
courtesy has back of it a rtrong man
agement that works through this ex
cellent channel.
And the llf of a conductor Is not
an easy one. To handle change, give
transfers, guard the safety of pas
sengers, sell tickets and all the time,
"look pleasant" is a many sided and
strenuous employment The motor
man, too, has to be every moment
'on the Job." Recently the writer was
on a car when directly in front of it,
an auto dashed recklessly; the mo
torman by quickness and physical
effort avoided a collision; but it was
all in the day's work, and pasaengei
while remarking; hie readiness, seem
ed to take it all as the expected thing.
Praise to whom praise le due, is The
Times' motto, and we are glad to
award some measure of appreciation
to our street car service.
o. o. w.
The Lexington Herald Is exercised
in mind about the practice, prevalent
In some part of our country, of carry
ing a pistol. Editorially Tho Horald republlealn party,
ays:
The poorest piece of property a pas
sionate man, or any other man for
that matter, ran own In this world, Is
a pistol.. Especially Is this true of
the man Who buys a l.lstol to carry on
his person. The tiling Is loaded with
trouble for the purchaser front the
time, it into his possession, and
wn or Inter he fulls a victim to his
own set.. And hi misfortune Is a
cratlc congressional convention in
1892, which he attended as a dele
gate, advocating the nomination of
his countyman, Hon. B. P. Grady,
whois nomination he eulogized In his
paper, and then bolted and helped to
nominate F. D. Koonce to oppose
him.
He was a membfr of the demo
cratic state convention of 1892 that
nominated Ellas Carr for governor,
whom he supported in the convention
and in his paper after the conven
tion, and afterward participated In
the populist convention and helped
nominate Exum to oppose him.
In two years after he Joined the
populist party organized mainly as
a protest against natiolnal legislation
by the republican party he led that
party into a fusion with the rspub
llcan party, which resulted in a fu
Ulon legislature that adjourned In
honor of Fred Douglas and forced
negro domlnatloln on eastern North
Carolina to the point of revolution.
He took his seat In the United
States senate and exerted himself to
the utmost to recure Judge Priteh
ard's defeat for re-election at the end
of his short term for two years, to
the re-election of whom he was sol
emnly pledged in return for hie hav
ing been given the full six year term.
He betrayed his associates In the
democratic party.
He betrayed the populists into the
He betrayed his associates in the
republican party.
He betrayed hi race Into negro
domination.
And while yet a representative of
the Interests and the honor of the
state in the United States senate he
betrayed the state itself to the hold,
era of the millions of dollars of re
pudlnted and fraudulent carpet tg
bonds.
While yet a member of the United
natural one. The pllol was . bought gtatea senat and drawing his pay as
Duncan's Defeat.
Funnier than all else since monkeys
were first discovered and brought Into
captivity is a letter written by 'Gene
Holton telling the American people
that the reason Carl Duncan Tua de
feated at Raleigh was because he is
the vice president of a railroad. That
the railroads do not pay their Just
proportion of taxation and that the
dear, down-trodden, oppressed, sweat.
Ing and almost annihilated "pee-pul"
groaning under a load of prosperi
ty that has increased oar wealth to
almost fabulous proportions, could no
longer stand the favoritism of democ
racy and they saw In John Motley
Morehead a Great Emancipator who
would reduce taxes to the "pee-pul"
at least a thousand per cent, and
increase them against- the railroads
enough to pay all running expenses
of the government
'uctie rioiton wno is as sleek as
urease In. things political; 'Gene
Holton who triumphantly held to
public teat like a yearling bull that
refuses to be weaned who staid In
after the admlnstratlon had chang
ed and made good always as a dis
trict attorney sees no defeat to
Duncanbut rather aees a victory
for the "pee-pul" Whom Mr. Hoi
ton loves.
'Gene Holton refuses to admit that
Mr. Butler, directly or Indirectly bad
anything to do with the election of
Mr. Morehead, but he sees through
the eyes of an eager optimist, the
galling chains of oppression lifted
from the necks of thoee who toll and
spin.
'Gens Holton argues that the par.
ty met in Raleigh exclusively for the
purpose of transacting business and
going before the Voters with an ap
peal that would bring ta North
Carolina a full set of republican pis
hunters and pie distributers. But
his argument la all In vain.
Marion llutler went to Halcigh
with avowed purpose of playing for
even with Duncan. It was an old
feud. It was a story of dramatic In
terestand the result of what hap
pened was an intensified tragedy. It
put the. republican party In the hole.
It dlsKpsted many of the real lead
ers. - It staged political skeletons
It used the parting of the ways of
Morehead and Jjunoan- It read ' Cy
Thompson , .out of his party It
wns a gum shoe exhibition, The
Bull Moose men thought Butler . was
a Teddylt they knew he had be.
fore ridden on that wave when It
seemed popular, and they presumed
and he allowed, them to presume he
was still there ' for Roosevelt wear
ing a disguise. That is why they
all followed Butler. The Tegulars
were against him but all the erst
while Bull Moosers tumbled over
themselves to shout for Butler to
hiss Duncan and Thompson to dis
credit tho men who stood pat wltih
Taft.
But it happened that they had
been misled. Butler, it appears, has
been repudiated by Roosevelt. It is
said Butler is for Weeks. No mat
ter who Morehead is for. He is big
enough to run his own boat In
finitely bigger than Butler In all
ways, he will not be led but he
must walk the path alone. His com
panions of the past feel that he
should have gone into the ditch with
Duncan. Morehead felt, no doubt,
that it were better for him to Bave
the party to the old gaurd than to
let Butler be National Committee
man. And the temper of that con
vention, hissing Duncan, hissing
Thompson hissing everything but
what It thought Bull Moose men, on
a show down, would havev elected
Butler. In electing Morehead, But
ler used him as a means to an end.
The end was the effacement of Dun
can. Morehead wasn't considered
by Butler a minute except as a i
man would consider a club lying on
the road if a fighting bear was ap
proaching him. Butler picked up
the club, so to speak, and with it
knocked Duncan down.
But it doesn't end there. The re
sult of the convention was the de
moralization of the party. It infuses
Butler into it. and Butler is obnox
ious and offensive to thousands of
republicans and democracy can say
Butler and it's like yelling fire in a
packed theater.
Mr. Holton may explain. He may
argue. He may talk but the fact
remains that the republican party
in North Carolina has never cared
for the people; it has been always
a party of pie and plunder, and far
Holton tosunblushingly stand up an l
say anything about the "pee-pul" is
to laugh to laugh long and loud
and wonder why such a. shrewd law
yer as 'Gene Holton would have the
nerve to write such a letter as he
hua written because he knows that
the ordinary voter has ordinary in-!
telllgence.
The republican , party In isortn
Carolina is a dead duck for this year.
Rutler administered the anesthetic
and' the patient never rallied. It is
dead. And no one knows this better
than 'Gene Holton. Fairbrotners
Everything. .
LINES WORTH KKMtJnBfcnwu
Tmver carries us half way to ooa.
fasting brings us to the door of his
palace and alms-giving procures us
admission.
Wednesday, March ie
1916.
KORAN.
AN
MONUMENTS
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' Marbleworka
65 Broadway
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